Ukraine has said it has shot down two prized Russian warplanes in what would amount to the most successful attack on Kremlin aircraft since the beginning of Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
General Valerii Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, said on Monday morning that a Russian A-50 spy plane, worth more than £250m, had been destroyed in overnight strikes in the southern occupied territories, while an IL-22 command aircraft had been hit off the Crimean coast.
